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This site, authored by Daniel A. Russell of Kettering University, offers an animation that shows the formation of shockwaves from waves generated by a moving source. Photos show shockwaves of a bullet, an airplane, and...

This website, by Caltech astronomer Mike Brown, presents information on Sedna, an object believed to be from the Oort cloud. The site includes a description of the Oort cloud, a history of Sedna's discovery, and a...

This image gallery provides images of fullerene films. Each is accompanied by informative text that tells what the image shows, describes the physics and its possible applications, and the possible consequences of the...

This National Aeronautics and Space Administration website has QuickTime videos that compare boiling water on Earth and in space. A photo shows the bubble that forms in space once some of the water is boiled. Text...

Authored by Nick Strobel, "Astronomy Notes" is an educational resource for introductory astronomy classes for undergraduates. This section discusses the properties of stars. such as apparent magnitude, absolute...